Warm dusty rose

Where it sits

Soft Autumn palette

Warm dusty rose is an anchor color in Soft Autumn. The nearest color on the same side of the warm–cool line is Warm grey #A79E92, a Bright Spring color, at a distance of 15: close enough to mistake for it on a hanger, far enough to tell apart on a person.

At RGB 200, 154, 147 the red leads and the green sits just above the blue. The green above the blue is the warmth: in Soft Summer's version the blue is ahead. The close spacing of all three is the dust. It is the color of a faded rose petal pressed in a book. Clear the grey and it becomes Light Spring's light warm pink; cool it and it becomes Soft Summer's dusty rose.

A Soft Autumn wears it at the face: a blouse, a knit, a dress, a scarf. It is the pink for a palette that otherwise has none, and it flatters skin that is warm without being golden. It works with oyster, warm taupe and soft chocolate, and it pairs well with sage green and muted teal.

Retail calls it dusty rose, rosewood, antique rose, clay pink and rose tan. Marine Layer's Dusk Rose sits near it. The name dusty rose covers both the warm and the cool version, so the photo is the test: against white, this one shows a faint peach cast and the Summer one a faint mauve cast.

Easily confused with

The nearest color is Soft Summer's dusty rose at seven points, cooler; most stores sell the two under one name. True Summer's rose-beige is twelve points off and more neutral. Light Summer's cool soft rose is fourteen points away, lighter and cooler. Soft Autumn's own warm mushroom and warm taupe are about fifteen points off. A Soft Summer can wear this one, and a Soft Autumn can wear hers; each simply looks a little better in her own.

The nearest named colors in other seasons, by perceptual distance (ΔE in CIELAB; under 10 is hard to tell apart on a screen, over 25 is a different color).

In stock in this color today

As of November 11, 2026, 7 in-stock pieces across STAUD, Frank & Eileen and Boden sample within a close match of #C89A93. The dot on each card is the color we sampled from the garment itself; trust it over the photograph. Links are affiliate links: we earn a commission when you buy through them, at no cost to you.

Eileen

Dusty Pink

$288 at Frank & Eileen

Luciana Velvet Skirt

Quartz

$325 at STAUD

Gretta Dress

Sandrose

$347 at STAUD

Katalina Dress

Quartz Black

$695 at STAUD

Carmen Lace Trim Insert Top

Pink Violet

$190 at Boden

Montecito Sweater

Coral Reef

$278 at Frank & Eileen

Gretta Top

Sandrose

$242 at STAUD

What it's sold as

Retailers almost never use the palette name. These are the color names on the in-stock pieces that sample within a close match of #C89A93 today, so they are the words to search for.

STAUD

Quartz, Sandrose, Quartz Black

Frank & Eileen

Dusty Pink, Coral Reef

Boden

Pink Violet

A retailer's name for a color says nothing about its undertone. "Navy" at one shop is a True Winter color and at another a Spring one. The sampled dot on each card above is what we trust.

Questions

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